Proverbs 7:5

In 11 translations

BSB

that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

KJV

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

WEB

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

ASV

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

LSV

To preserve you from a strange woman, || From a stranger who has made her sayings smooth.

YLT

To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

DBY

that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.

DRC

That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

GNV

That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

JPS

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.

LXXE

that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

LXX-Br

Ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς, ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
• Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

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